“That’s what all you millennials want these days,” said someone I told my dream to. I wasn’t talking about the typical travelling-the-world-for-free or making-money-on-my-laptop dreams (though those would be great, too). No, my dream is to live smack-dab in the middle of Belleville’s downtown core. And I’m not the only one with that dream. The booming success of the new Century Village condominium is but one indicator of the desire to live in the city’s core. It’s also a ...
From The Ground Up: Downtown Belleville

Injecting new life into a historic downtown core takes a deliberate mix of brave insight, visionary planning and the faith that if you build it, they will come.